GMTV used to air kids programmes on Bank Holidays, which I doubt got more than 376,000

I am aware of why Doctor was axed, just not about the early 90s repeats, what can I say my parents were kinda controlling about what I watched on TV, for example I was not allowed to watch Byker Grove, I dont understand why, ive only ever met one girl who could make the Geordie accent sound sexy.

Geordie Shore's gonna blew yer mind!

Except they can't be bundled because of differences in the commercials, so those 753K viewers will not show up in the BARB chart of 2011.

all I can say is, thank god I dont have MTV, I think ill pass if it ever ends up on Viva.

Can we not call the show what it is "Jersey Shore: UK"

Is This series of Dr who 13 episodes as usual?

I must say the first 3 episodes have been brilliant

Yes, except the last half will be later this year from September/October onwards.

Hi I am new. Can i Please Ask what Did Vera on ITV 1 get on Sunday.

Hello there and welcome. To answer your question:

5.33m ITV1 & ITV1 HD (21.8%)
0.32m ITV1+1 (1.5%)

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...n-bbc-one.html

Ok Thank you Very Much

They are doing a 'waterloo road' and splitting the series?

Good for the soaps again last night

Better than I expected from Strangeways. Wooton Bassett didn't do as well as I thought it would I wish the two channels would split their drama/documentaries instead of airing them together.

They were definitely repeated off and on in 1992 and 1993, either opposite Coronation St on BBC1 or on BBC2 on Sunday mornings. I do recall the Friday night ones also clashing some of the time with The Living Soap, what nowadays would be called a reality show. The Living Soap did make minor celebrities out of the housemates- a group of students in Manchester- for a short time, but ratings were so low it never came back. However, from acorns grow oaks with regard to these kinds of show.

Final schedules for 20th May now out (although subject to minor revisions tomorrow):

BBC One
5:35 - SYTYCD?
6:45 - Doctor Who
7:30 - SYTYCD? Results
7:55 - Who Dares Wins
8:45 - Casualty
9:35 - John Bishop's Britain (r)

ITV1
5:50 - People Do The Funniest Things
6:45 - Sing If You Can
8 - BGT
9 - Life Stories

And...

Monday 23rd
- Super Size Ambulance (presumably a documentary) at 9 on BBC1.

Tuesday 24th
- Crimewatch at 9 on BBC1.

Thanks to Elgin for the above info

Sing if You Can is so successful that its now on for 75 minutes! Although its also against Doctor Who thanks to SYTYCD? being bumped down the schedule. John Bishop's Britain as a result is the filler in primetime.

so "The Living Soap" would be something like MTVs Real World, have to say ive never heard of it, dont remind ITV of it, they will only bring it back, but this time call it "The Real Coronation Street" or if the soap forum is to be believed "Canal Steert"*


* Canal Street being that place in Manchester with lots of gay clubs, I think I have that right.


if anybody can work out how that happened, can you please tell me, I still dont know how it got comissioned. I live in horror just thinking about it., not that the Hare is any better, that thing could scare kids behind the sofa without any help from the Daleks.

Hello, Charnham, the Living Soap would have inspired series like Paddington Green and The Only Way Is Essex even if people barely remember it now. I daresay the concept of clashing personalities in a house could have been influential on BB.

Good for all the soaps. I wonder how Waterloo Road will rate tomorrow. I fully expect it to be down on the 4.9 million viewers it logged last Wednesday.

at Strangeways. Never expected it to be so close to 6m but with just 2.8m watching BBC1 in that hour maybe its not such a shock after all. The soaps all performed well. Interesting how DS have reported the soaps for the whole slots today after checking the timings. I thought it was just bank holidays where attentional didn't tape check? The second Corrie ended at 20.55 last night but the rating is for the whole 30 minute slot.

Roscoe Barnes: I checked with RZT. You were right, after all! Sorry for doubting you.

Can't they put the News on after Who Dares Wins to keep Casualty completely away from BGT? 9.55pm would be a good enough slot for John Bishop giving that it's a repeat in exactly the same slot it had first time round.

Super Size Ambulance sounds like it might be about an ambulance that's been modified to handle obese patients. That sounds more like a 10 minute item on The One Show than an hour-long programme.

Crimewatch on the 24th? But it's on on the 17th.

This is going to be the third consecutive week with no drama on BBC1 in a 9pm weekday slot. Maybe they shouldn't have given quite so much drama to BBC2.

Not that ITV1 is much better off. They too will have 3 consecutive weeks with no drama in a 9pm weekday slot unless they have a Midsomer or something on Wednesday 25th.

Good to see Dr Who at 6.45pm and up against SIYC as well. Never mind the Daleks and the Cybermen, Doctor, just kill the freaky Lemon and his squeaky-voiced sidekick.

Amzed by the BBC/ITV figures - didn't think Strangeways would top 4m, and thought Wootton Bassett might come out on top.

Guess we can't really say much about Made in Chelsea from that figure - it'll either grow or it won't, but I'm hoping it fails. We don't need "reality" shows with scenes "created for your entertainment".


They just need to go back to basics with scheduling and use what works so well a few years back -

8pm - Lifestyle
9pm - Factual Entertainment
10pm - Drama (with BB in the summer).

At the moment it's just fairly weak formats fluctuating between the three slots. Ideally they'd build the drama back up to have something from Monday to Thursday, perhaps with comedy one night taking the slack, and then ditch one third of their factual formats to fill the 8-10pm slot.

Lol! No worries!

Yeah, correct - they've got Midsomer on the 25th.

Looks like it's C4's turn to be the 'broadcaster in crisis'. Have they actually announced anything to replace all those hours of Big Brother throughout the summer ?

Presumably Odd One In is replacing Sing If You Can on Saturdays from 28th May ? How long left for SYTYCD ?

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnns-sudd...tle-concerned/
Interesting stuff about CNN and the American news wars.